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Caedmon Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy215 pupilsNurseryMiddlesbroughRedcar and Cleveland
School Chooser Score
30
Below
similar schools
Likely range 17 to 51, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 66% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, January 2024
Reached the expected level at 1164%England 63%
Attendance92.8%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families74%Far more than most schools
Places114 spare215 pupils, 329 places
Pupils per teacher13.2School workforce census

Caedmon Primary School is a converter academy in Middlesbrough for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 215 pupils and room for 329. About 74 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 30 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 66% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

Attlee Road, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, TS6 7NA01642 453187caedmonprimaryschool.co.ukMrs Rachel Bergamino headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 23 January 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

47 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1164%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level11%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score103.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score103.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 77%77%20172018: 76%76%20182019: 93%93%20192023: 67%67%20232024: 39%39%20242025: 64%64%2025
Since 2017: -13%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†Redcar and ClevelandEngland
Pupils tested473648273326
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths64%39%67%93%76%77%66%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths11%0%4%15%6%15%10%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score103.0101.0108.0108.0106.0106.0105.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score103.099.0104.0108.0104.0107.0105.3104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0102.0108.0113.0107.0110.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard74%56%85%93%82%88%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard79%50%77%96%85%88%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)72%64%67%96%85%85%
Reading progressReading progress score+3.0+2.9+2.6+3.3
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.2+2.3+1.7+3.7
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged63%64%70%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged67%75%100%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Caedmon Primary School, the school this one replaced in September 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
63%67%
Gap 4 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
62%67%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
6%11%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

Plenty of spare places223 pupils for 329 places, 2024/25
68% full

106 places were empty (32% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 18% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Redcar and Cleveland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll215Census January 2026
Places32965% full
Pupils from low-income families69%74% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support22%47 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%6 pupils with a plan
Average class size17.811 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)74%£223,200 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls115 / 100
White British pupils93%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 18.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 17.6 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (18), language and communications needs (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), Specific learning difficulty (6), Moderate learning difficulty (4).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll215251266296316339
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals69%63%61%61%63%64%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2%2%3%2%0%1%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support18%22%17%12%12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%1%1%1%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance92.8%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school20.6%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils2.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission4.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence7.2%7.3%7.0%6.6%3.4%4.8%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.4%3.3%1.7%3.7%1.7%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence4.8%4.1%5.3%3.0%1.7%1.7%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence20.6%22.0%21.2%18.0%6.0%12.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate2.02.32.02.23.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

† These attendance figures are for Caedmon Primary School, the school this one replaced in September 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers15.8full-time equivalent, 18 people
Pupils per teacher13.2Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers89%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants10.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£49,076
Teachers who left in the year29%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher4.02024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£8,038England £7,128. Total £1.9m
Income per pupil£8,856England £7,587. Total £2.1m
Spent on teachers per pupil£4,686England £3,405
Money in reserve33%A lot put by: £699k, £2,961 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£193kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£8,038spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m98712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate199 per 1,000 people119% higher than the England average
Typical house price£165,000Redcar and Cleveland
Nearest bus stop280 mMyrddin-Baker Road, 21 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy430 m198Outstanding 202343Compare
Whale Hill Primary SchoolAcademy470 m461Report card 202694Compare
Grangetown Primary SchoolAcademy760 m283Good 202441Compare
Teesville AcademyAcademy0.8 miles314Good 202350Compare
Bankfields Primary SchoolAcademy0.9 miles257Report card 202692Compare
St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary SchoolAcademy1.0 miles410No overall grade 202442Compare
South Bank Community Primary SchoolFoundation1.0 miles346Requires improvement 20241Compare
Normanby Primary SchoolAcademy1.2 miles503Good 202239Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Caedmon Primary School with the 50 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats66%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 30 is 13 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 18 · highest 98100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 50 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Caedmon Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Grangetown Primary SchoolAcademy760 m283Good 202441Compare
Lift CaldicotesAcademy1.3 miles234No overall grade 202463Compare
Thorntree AcademyAcademy1.6 miles252Good 202440Compare
Brambles Primary AcademyAcademy1.8 miles359No overall grade 202595Compare
Dormanstown Primary AcademyAcademy3.1 miles274Good 202341Compare
Green Gates Primary SchoolAcademy3.5 miles248Good 202274Compare
The Oak Tree AcademyAcademy7.1 miles216Good 201985Compare
Rift House Primary SchoolCouncil8.1 miles254Good 202441Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 30 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 30% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 17 to 51. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.15
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 47 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.6 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.01
DfE progress measure; 47 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.10
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well below
-0.13
2024/25; 218 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.11
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 47 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Caedmon Primary School a good school?

The figures are weak. Caedmon Primary School scores 30 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 66% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 17 to 51, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Caedmon Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Caedmon Primary School good at its last full inspection on 23 January 2024.

How good are Caedmon Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 64% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 11% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Caedmon Primary School have?

215 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 329 places, so it is 65% full.

Is Caedmon Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 106 places were empty in 2024/25 (32% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Caedmon Primary School?

Pupils were in school 92.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 21% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Caedmon Primary School?

The average class had 17.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Attlee Road, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, TS6 7NA
Telephone
01642 453187
Website
www.caedmonprimaryschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Rachel Bergamino
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Steel River Academy Trust (4 schools)
Local authority
Redcar and Cleveland
Ward
Grangetown
Constituency
Redcar
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2019 (academy converter)
URN
147433 · LAESTAB 8073389 · UKPRN 10084204
Formerly
Caedmon Primary School

Where these figures come from